Hey all,
So I would really like an opinion on this. I'm sure most people have seen Axis of Awesome's "4 Chords" and if you havent, check here:
Basically, it's a medley of all these different pop songs that use the same chord progression.
Because I know that so many songs use this chord progression, I generally tend to steer away from it. I really like messing around with different variations of the chords, eg B7, Caad9, Dsus2 etc etc and I get a whole bunch of things. One of my latest songs is actually Em, Bm7, Caad9, D (or G, haven't figured it all out yet haha).
But my question is, and I want your opinion on it: Is it bad to use this cliche chord progression when writing a song? Do you tend to avoid it? And if you don't avoid it, is it easier to match a melody to it?
This is really going off the assumption that people start with chords, then melodies, but if that's not how you roll then by all means you can reply as well. I'd love to hear your opinions on this.
Kat
